GREEN BAY, WI - OCTOBER 18: Clay Matthews #52 of the Green Bay Packers celebrates a sack against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on October 18, 2009 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers defeated the Lions 26-0. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

Each regular season has what Players View calls the “invincible losers.” This group powers their way through the regular season kicking sand in the face of lesser opponents only to watch somebody else win the Super Bowl.
The Patriots, the Colts and last year the Packers are all recent examples of groups that analysts crown as unstoppable only to be stopped.
So as the defensive face of the most recent invincible loser, Packers linebacker Clay Matthews started selling wolf tickets to Yahoo Sports recently when he refused to accept the fact that they were beaten by the Giants in the divisional round of the NFC Playoffs last season.
“We picked the most inopportune time to play our worst ball,” Matthews said. “The fact is, [the Giants] didn’t beat us; we beat ourselves. We need to play our best ball when it counts. This year, I expect us to be right back where we should be.”
The comments really are not that serious but the champs seem to think that they are.
And well now it looks like...

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